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The Rana Plaza collapse (also referred to as the Savar building collapse or the collapse of Rana Plaza) occurred on 24 April 2013, when the eight-storey "Rana Plaza" commercial building collapsed due to a structural failure. The rescue team's search ended on 13 May 2013, with a confirmed death toll of 1,134. [ 2]
117–124 dead [ 1][ 2] 200+ injured. The 2012 Dhaka garment factory fire broke out on 24 November 2012, in the Tazreen Fashion factory in the Ashulia district on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. [ 3] At least 117 people were confirmed dead in the fire, and over 200 were injured, [ 1] making it the deadliest factory fire in the nation's ...
The 2005 Dhaka garment factory collapse or Spectrum garment factory collapse was a structural failure that occurred on Monday, 11 April 2005 in the Savar Upazila of Dhaka, Bangladesh where a nine-story commercial building collapsed. [3] [4] The site is located about 30 km northwest of Dhaka. The explosion of a boiler on the ground floor ...
By Julhas Alam DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Amid the ash, broken glass and melted sewing machines at what is left of the Tazreen Fashions Ltd. factory, there are piles of blue, red and off-white children ...
Ismail Ferdous/APWorkers stand outside an 11-story building that houses the Tung Hai Sweater Ltd. factory and apartments after a fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Thursday. By Serajul Quadir and Ruma ...
By Julhas Alam DHAKA, Bangladesh -- The owner of a Bangladesh clothing factory where a fire killed 112 people says he was never informed the facility was required to have an emergency exit, a sign ...
Final Embrace. Final Embrace is a photograph showing two victims in the rubble of the April 2013 collapse of the eight storey Rana Plaza building in Savar Upazila, Bangladesh. [1] The photograph, taken by freelance photographer Taslima Akhter, was awarded third prize in the World Press Photo (single) in the "spot news category".
Attention remains focused on Bangladesh’s new garment workplace safety agreement as fashion brands and retail giants rush to reveal their backing by Sept. 1. As of publication, 80 signatories ...